How do you come up with your book titles? Asked this recently, my answer came quickly: At some point I just know what the title is. Which means I’ve been working on it subconsciously. Which makes me realize how essential my subconscious is to the writing process:
Stuck? Set it aside and come back to it tomorrow. Usually when I wake up I know what to do –
my subconscious figured it out.Sudden discovery, typically while brushing teeth or gardening, of a plot twist that ramps up the tension and surprise?
Thank you subconscious, you are always on the job.Realization, as the book nears completion, that details have coalesced into a united theme?
My subconscious knew from the beginning what this book was about; the conscious mind is always the last to know.
My principle motivation to write is a desire to connect with other people, but a secondary motivation is to connect with myself and see what will next emerge.
As I write this I find it difficult to say “I figured it out subconsciously” rather than “my subconscious figured it out”. It doesn’t disturb me to feel that I contain these separate entities. Should it?
Published on January 27, 2013 08:15